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Something worth mentioning is he has this story about himself as a detective who solves his own murder done by his alter ego “Itami” which means pain in Japanese, So I get the feeling that he is living out his role of trying to discover the crime with everyone else and separating himself from “Itami”. Art and imagination is a forum of coping..but using it like that it’s just weird man what a huge weirdo.
He life was over from the moment a dead body was found in his car
that’s a sociopathic attitude
He's calm because he has no intention of doing time. He's going to take himself out.
Only a psycopath could be calm under these circumstances
I sure hope they got all of their facts straight, because if they mess up, even a little bit, he walks.
He wanted to be famous, now he is famous for being a killer. So creepy!
That behaviour makes him look guilty and arrogant.
he definitely did it because if i was being wrongfully accused of something like that, i’d be crying and begging for mercy
he seems litteraly insane. he probably WAS sane at the time of the murder, but afterwards the situation actually became real for him almoast like he wanted to be caught because hiding it was weighing on his mental state so much. almoast like he had some sort of high afterwards but after it reached the peak and the body was found, something must’ve changed in his brain to cause a dramatic shift like he accepted it and knows he’s not gonna be able to get away from it. i have bipolar, and this REALLY reminds me of when i have my euphoric highs and out of no where go extremely low, because when i’m IN my lows i tend to act the way he is in these clips to.!
he isn't confident. he's cocky.
im an artist and some of my producers have worked with him. they said he seemed normal before all this and they were all SHOCKED. thats the thing about evil, it hides in plain sight
This is my first time on your channel keep up the good work 💯
Its Not Confidence...Its Fear. You Can See It In His Eyes, Not His Body Language....
He tryna protect his image that’s the whole reason he unalived Celeste so he definitely gonna save face in the court room
Rest in peace Celeste 💔 she had so much life ahead of her. I hate that she was taken from this world by this senseless psychopath.
David desensitized himself already. He has no empathy. He doesn’t see himself going to jail because of his attorney.
Hi Dr. G! Apparently someone decided to come forward and talk! Thank God. He feels he is above the law! Smug, young, unemotional, confident in his "money" to bring him through this!
I see it as arrogance. The guy thinks he's untouchable. I disagreed, he appears hiding his feelings and he looks psychopatically calm, his eyes tell that.
Here’s my perspective on what might have happened: It seems likely that David’s team had already warned him about the relationship. At the same time, Celeste appeared to be growing increasingly frustrated and wanted the relationship to go public. This tension was visible during the livestream, where she openly mentioned that David was afraid people would find out he had kissed her, and he even asked viewers to delete recordings of it. It’s also important to note that Celeste was reportedly around 12–13 when the relationship began. At that stage, emotional responses can be intense and unstable, especially in a secretive situation. Based on David’s own social media posts and reposts, he also comes across as emotionally immature, particularly in how he presents relationships. This likely made the secrecy even more difficult for her to accept. According to the investigation, he invited her over before the incident. It’s possible that his team had pressured him to resolve the situation, especially since his career was about to take off with concerts and a tour. From a management perspective, they may have seen the relationship as a major risk that needed to be addressed before he gained more public exposure. From there, things may have escalated. If David is as unstable as suggested—and as he has hinted himself, including an interest in darker or violent themes, he might have reacted unpredictably when the conversation didn’t go the way he expected. What followed appears disturbingly calculated in parts, but also inconsistent, suggesting panic and lack of a clear plan afterward. He may have then tried to conceal everything from his team, which could explain why the act itself seemed deliberate, but the aftermath was poorly handled. With his schedule already packed due to tours and performances, he likely had limited time to respond. In the end, he resorted to what he knew or imagined—possibly influenced by themes in his own music and hid her body in his car.